Scriptable Apps

DRAFT #3. Lots of apps are still missing.

In the future, I hope that one of the general lists of Macintosh products includes information about scripting support, and (ideally) a separate list that points to the main entry for each product. In the meantime, we have started to gather some information here.

At present, I'm arbitrarily defining three levels of support: yes for serious support (even if incomplete), somewhat for useful features but lots of holes, and minimal for just barely beyond the required 4 (e.g. only doScript).

If I don't know otherwise, I'll assume "yes". Feedback welcome!

Acknowledgements: some information from Danny Goodman's AppleScript Handbook, The Tao of AppleScript by Derrick Schneider, Apple's Guide to Scriptable Applications and The Macintosh Solutions & Multimedia Developers Guide. (I have not included everything that is in the latter. Let me know if I left out something cool that you use.)

Standard caveats: inclusion in this list is not an endorsement; we take no responsibility for errors or omissions.

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FTPd

Clay Basket

"website management software for Macintosh content developers", supercedes AutoWeb. It also lets you record sites visited with Netscape and edit Netscape bookmark files.
From: UserLand Software, Inc.Scriptable: from Frontier (lacks an AppleScript Dictionary)Recordable: well, it records Netscape URLs...Comments: beta version, "It's still for geeks who like to script, but it'll get less geeky over time."Menu Sharing: yesReference: http://www.hotwired.com/userland/yabbadabba/

Tango

billed as the "fastest and easiest way for Web administrators to create Web solutions that require database connectivity." It is free with Butler SQL, replacing the popular ButlerLink/Web product.
From: EveryWare Development Corp. (info@everyware.com )Scriptable: yesAttachable: yesComments: looks impressiveReference: http://www.everyware.com/Tango_Info/Tango_info.html

Text & Publishing

QuarkXPress 3.2 & beyond

BeyondPress

Allows QuarkXPress users to publish their documents on the World Wide Web. Version 2.0 adds support for the latest HTML features, plus advanced image controls and automated conversion using Apple Events scripts.
From: AstroByte Scriptable: yesComments: free eval version on their website!Reference: http://www.astrobyte.com/

Kudo Image Browser & Publisher

Numbers

Microsoft Excel 4 & 5

From: MicrosoftScriptable: yesRecordable: yes (version 5)Comments: version 4 was one of the first scriptable apps, so it has a few understandable quirks. Excel 5's Dictionary is huge, including many OSA versions of Visual BASIC commands.